Emily Thebaut, DMA, is a singer and voice teacher based in Los Angeles. Emily is currently on faculty teaching studio voice and pedagogy at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at Cal State Long Beach, Scripps College and Loyola Marymount University, Emily is also Co-Founder and Executive Director of Los Angeles based non-profit, New Opera West and Executive Consultant to another Los Angeles based non-profit, The Opera Buffs. Emily holds the position of “Collegiate Chair” on the board of the LA Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Emily received her doctoral degree in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music, where she was a teaching assistant and President of the student chapter of the National Association of Teacher’s of Singing (SNATS). Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Emily taught voice and piano in the Bay Area for 6 years and created and ran a non-profit pop-up opera troupe, Opera on the Spot.

Passionate about working with living composers and singing contemporary works, Emily's most recent performance engagements have included the role of Bethel in Tony Solitro’s She’s Fabulous, premiering the role of Olivia in new opera, Turbulent Mirror by Celka Ojakangas and recording Mark Weiser’s new opera, Galaxies. Recently, Emily has produced immersive virtual opera productions including Pepito, by Nicolas Lell Benavides, an animated opera short, as well as a virtual production of Argento’s “Mrs. Manners on Music,” and Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appetit. Emily completed her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and her undergraduate degree from Oberlin Conservatory.   Emily has also studied with the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, Oberlin in Italy and Opera Festival du Roma. 

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Saturday, December 4th 5 pm PST: A Virtual Recital “Celebrating Two Iconic Women”